“I’m fine.”
Have you ever said that, when you know it wasn’t true?
Has someone said it to you, and you knew they were lying?
I can admit to both. Sometimes I’ve breezily just said it as a way to avoid talking about how I was really feeling. It was my way of keeping my chin up, of moving upward and onward and past hurt, or disappointment, and disquieting thoughts.
And when other people say it, and I sense it’s not true, I usually just move on to something else, respecting their privacy.
But what happens when you can’t just “Keep Calm and Carry On?” [Read more…]